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  1. Title: Maine, 1802 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the district of Maine, Massachusetts : compiled from actual surveys made by order of the General Court and under the inspection of agents of their appointment by Osgood Carleton ; drawn by G. Graham ; engraved by J. Callender & S. Hill. It was published in 1802 by B. & J. Loring. Scale [ca. 1:390,000]. Covers Maine and portions of New Hampshire, the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to Universal Transverse Mercator projection (UTM Zone 19N, meters, NAD 83). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads; selected mills, factories, meeting houses, and court houses; drainage; land grant, town, county, state, and national boundaries; distances of each town from Boston and the shire town, and more. Relief shown by hachures. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  2. Title: Denmark

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1: 1,600,000]. Imprint derived from the atlas in which the map was issued. Inset maps: "Iceland" ; "Feroe Islands." "Eng. by W. Dassauville ... " Shows boundaries, rivers and principal settlements. Greenwich meridian. Is part of - New general atlas. 1 map ; 52 x 60 centimeters Scale [1: 1,600,000] General Map Collection

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  3. Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1750 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent : with a perspective view of the State-House, by N. Scull and G. Heap. Facsimile of a 1750 map republished by Benj. R. Boggs in 1893. Scale [ca. 1:65,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Pennsylvania South State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 3702). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, selected rural buildings with occupants' names, and more. Relief is shown pictorially. Includes text, distance table, ill., and ground-level view of the Statehouse (later Independence Hall). Facsimile of state showing estate of Wm. Allen near Germantown with his name added to the 'Table of distances'. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  4. Title: Map of Russian Lapland drawn from the original map made by Professor J. A. Friis by George T. Temple

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    Summary: Fishing stations and Lappish [Sami] chapels are shown. Russian, Karelian, and Lappish villages are differentiated. Boundaries of Russian Lapland with Norway, Finland, and Russia proper, and of slanovoi (police districts), are shown. Course of proposed road from Kem to Kola is shown. Northern limits of compact coniferous and foliferous woods [tree lines] are shown. Relief shown by hachures. Includes explanation of Lappish [Sami], Finnish, and Russian geographical terms. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 2 (1880), no. 10, pp. 593-602; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

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  5. Title: Sketch of the public surveys in the territory of Minnesota

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:1,140,480. 18 miles to an in. From: U.S. 35th Cong., 1st sess., 1857-1858. Senate doc. -- volume 5, no. 11. -- (Serial set ; 922). At head of title: (H). In upper right: Sen. Ex. Doc. No. 11 & Ho. Ex. No. 2, 1st Sess., 35th Cong. 57 x 58 centimeters 1:1,140,480 General Minnesota Maps

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  6. Title: Copy of the survey made May 21st, 1696

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    Summary: Oriented with north to the right. "Lith. of A. Brown & Co., 47 Nassau St. N.Y. for Henry McCloskey's Manual, for 1863." Issued in: Manual of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, 1863.

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  7. Title: Pompeii, 1850 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta degli scavi di Pompei. It was published in 1850. Scale ca. 1:3,000. Map in Italian. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 33N (EPSG: 32633) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  8. Title: Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands. Primary triangulation by W.D. Alexander, C.J. Lyons, J.S. Emerson, J.M. Lydgate and E.D. Baldwin. Boundaries and topography by W.D. Alexander, C.J. Lyons, J.S. Emerson, J.M. Lydgate, J.F. Brown, E.D. Baldwin, F.S. Lyman, J.M. Alexander, S.M. Kanakanui and A.B. Loebenstein. Map by John M. Donn. 1901. (At head of title:) Hawaii Territory Survey, W.D. Alexander, Walter E. Wall, Surveyor. Andrew B. Graham Co., Lithographers, Washington, D.C. (1906) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Hawaii published in 1906. The map shows public lands; homestead settlement tracts; grazing, pineapple and sugar lands; forest reserves; forest lands not in reserves; wet lands (rice and taro); schools, post offices, etc. The original map appears in "Report of the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii to the Secretary of the Interior. 1906." The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

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  9. Title: Guatemala, 1902 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Guatemala : from official and other sources, prepared in the Bureau of the American republics, William Woodville Rockhill, director, compiled and drawn by M. Hendges, 1902. It was published by Andrew B. Graham, photo-litho. in 1902. Scale 1:792,000. Covers Guatemala and portions of Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'World Mercator' projection. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, ruins, territorial boundaries including Departamentos, roads, railroads, telegraph stations, mines and minerals, ports of entry, shoreline features, lighthouses, and more. Relief shown by hachures. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  10. Title: Map of the city of Detroit in the State of Michigan; by John Farmer, district surveyor; eng. by C.B. & J.R. Graham Lithographers, New York.

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    Summary: Entered according to Act of Congress ... by John Farmer, AD 1835. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Cadastral map. Includes references and inset. 1 map: hand col.; 72 x 111 cm.

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  11. Title: Paris, France, 1744 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Paris : divise en seize quartiers en execution de l'ordonnance du bureau de la ville du 24 Fevrier 1744, leve par Mr. l'Abbe Delagrive Geographe de la Ville et de la Societe Roiale de Londres ; Marvye sculp.; Lange inv.; Lattre scrip. It was published by de l'imprimiere Charbonnier in 1744. Scale [ca. 1:10,000]. Covers Paris, France. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map.This map shows features such as roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, ground cover, Quartier numbers, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes indexes.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  12. Title: Saint-Cloud, France, 1744 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de St. Cloud : leve et dedie a S.A.S. Monseigneur de le Duc de Charte, par les Srs. Parent Ing.rs du Roi ; M. A. Fourneau scrip.; M Marvye sculp. It was published by imprimerie de Charbonnier rue S. Jacques au Chariot d'or in 1744. Scale [ca. 1:5,263]. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map.This map shows features such as roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  13. Title: Beijing, China, 1843 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Chinese plan of the city of Peking, T.B. Jervis; the chinese characters and explanations rendered into English were furnished by Mr. Samuel Birch, from a comparison of the above documents and the notes appended to the original by the students in the Missionary College at Naples. It was published by lithographed and printed under the direction of T.B. Jervis Scale [ca. 1:50,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 50N, meters, WGS 1984) projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, parks, cemeteries, ground cover, city districts, fortification, missions, temples, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also dedication: 'To Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. This fac-simile of a Chinese plan of the Tartar, or inner city, Nuyching, and the Imperial Palace Kingtoo of Peking or Chun Thein Foo. The northern residence of the court, or capital of the Chinese Empire is most respectfully inscribed, with Her Majesty's faithful servant T. B. Jervis.'This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  14. Title: Map of a portion of British Columbia showing the coalfields of Comox, Nanaimo & Cowitchin on Vancouver and adjacent islands and the distribution of the cretaceous coal bearing rocks : also the tertiary rocks of Sooke & Burrard Inlet, to illustrate the report of Mr. James Richardson

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    Summary: Greenwich prime meridian.; Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Includes 3 profiles. 77 x 88 centimeters Scale approximately 1:250,000 General Map Collection

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  15. Title: Map of a portion of British Columbia showing the coalfields of Comox, Nanaimo & Cowitchin on Vancouver and adjacent islands and the distribution of the cretaceous coal bearing rocks also the tertiary rocks of Sooke & Burrard Inlet, to illustrate the report of Mr. James Richardson; compiled & drawn by R. Barlow, Ch. Draftsn., Geo. Sur.

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    Summary: Greenwich prime meridian. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes 3 profiles. 1 map: col.; 77 x 88 cm

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  16. Title: Nautical map : intended for the use of colonial undertakings on the w. coast of Africa from lat. 5⁰30' to lat. 14⁰ north

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially and by soundings. "The coloured parts of this map shew the territories, recommended to be colonized, and are described in Chapters 8, 9 & 10 ... " P.B. Inset: An outline of Africa, intended to shew the extent of territory that will be within French influence, if Monsr. Golberry's system be acted upon ... (Scale [ca. 1:50,000,000]). From: African memoranda : relative to an attempt to establish a British settlement on the island of Bulama ... / by Captain Philip Beaver ... London : Printed for C. and R. Baldwin ... , 1805.

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  17. Title: Munich, 1812 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Umgebungen von München : herausgegeben auf Allerhöchsten Befehl S[r] Majestät des Königs. It was published by: Statistisch Topographisches Bureau in 1812. Scale ca. 1:5,000. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 32N (EPSG: 32632) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  18. Title: Pompei, Italy, 1829 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Pompei, de Mr. le Chanoine D. Andre de Joric ; Na. Riccio inc. ; Giosue Russo dis. It was published by Imprimerie Francaise in 1829. Scale [ca. 1:2,500]. Covers Pompei, Italy. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 33 North' coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map.This map shows features such as roads, drainage, selected buildings and plans of ancient sites, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  19. Title: New Hampshire and Vermont, 1784 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: An accurate map of the State and Province of New-Hampshire in New England : taken from actual surveys of all the inhabited part, and from the best information of what is uninhabited, together with the adjacent countries, which exhibits the theatre of this war in that part of the world, by Col. Blanchard and the Revd. Mr. Langdon ; engraved by Thomas Jefferys ; with many additions by Abel Sawyer. It was published in 1784. Scale [ca. 1:633,600]. Covers New Hampshire, Vermont, and portions of Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and the Province of Quebec, Canada. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the New Hampshire State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 2800). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, national, state, county and town boundaries, military forts, churches, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes inscription to 'John Hancock, Esqr. Gov.,' text, and inset of 'A general map of the River St. Lawrence above Montreal to Lake Ontario, with the adjacent country on the west from Albany & Lake Champlain,' [ca. 1:2,340,000]. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  20. Title: Plan of Fort Green, and line of intrenchments, from the Wallabout to Gowanus Creek : with a topographical sketch of the country

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    Summary: "From the original map by G. Hayward, 120 Water St. N.Y. for D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1856." Relief shown by hachures.

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